A summerhouse party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen’s Mr. Wickhamone of literatures most notoriousvillainsmeets a sudden and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mysteryfrom a New York Times bestselling authorfeaturing Austens leading literary characters.

Had Jane Austen sat down to write a country house murder mystery, this is exactly the book she would have written. Alexander McCall Smith

The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a party at their country estate, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintancescharactersbeloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an even broaderarray of enemies. As tempers flare and secretsare revealed, its clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yettheyre all shockedwhen Wickham turns up murderedexcept, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.

Nearly everyone at the house party is a suspect, so itfalls to the partys two youngest guests to solve the mystery: Juliet Tilney, the smart and resourceful daughter of Catherine and Henry, eager for adventurebeyondNorthanger Abbey; and Jonathan Darcy, the Darcys eldest son, whose adherence to propriety makes his father seem almost relaxed. In thistantalizing fusion of Austen and Christie, fromNew York Timesbestselling author Claudia Gray, the unlikely pair must put aside their own poor first impressionsand uncover the guilty partybefore an innocent person is sentenced to hang.

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